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Total length of the course: 4+ hours
War is the continuation of politics by other means, and technological advantage is its central obsession. This course explores the role of technology in military strategy and operations across three case studies: the firepower revolution in land warfare, the century-long duel between bombers and air defenses from radar to stealth, and the underwater competition between submarines and the technologies built to detect and destroy them. Across all three, the same logic holds — every advantage generates a countermeasure, every countermeasure reshapes strategy at every level, and the enemy always gets a vote.
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War, strategy, and technology through time
Introduction
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War
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War and peace
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Coercion and dissuasion
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What makes war unique
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Measures and counter-measures: fortification
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Measures and counter-measures: naval realm
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The levels of strategy
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Technical Level
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Tactical level
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Operational level
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Theatre (strategic) level
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Grand-strategic level
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American grand strategy and power
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Adversarial response
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Grand strategy informs strategy, operations, tactics, and technology
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Firepower revolution
Introduction
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Second industrial revolution: conquest
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Second industrial revolution: rifles and machine guns
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The modern system
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Era of advanced sensors
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Advanced sensors and precision ammunition
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Measures and counter-measures
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Air defence revolution
Introduction
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The early period from WWI
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Early detection of aircraft – and how to take them down
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Regaining capacity of enemy airspaces
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Air power during the nuclear age
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Vietnam and development of air defenses
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Vietnam and development of air defenses: counterreaction
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The rise of stealth technology
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Counter-stealth technology
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Submarine revolution
Introduction
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Early age
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WWII reactions to submarines
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WWII advances in submarines
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Passive acoustics and new advances in submarines
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Soviet counter reactions
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